Analysis of Employment Patterns and the Changing Demographic Structure of Japan

Japanese Political Economy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-153

  Matsukura, Rikiya ^a   Ogawa, Naohiro ^a   Clark, Robert L ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77951767296     PISSN: 2329194X     EISSN: 23291958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JES1097-203X340103     Document Type: Article

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